Wednesday 3 April 2013

The Captive: Survey Responses

At our screening we had 25 viewers and 10 survey responses, all surveys were pretty similar but the 3 examples below are the most contrasting ones we had:

Example 1:

Do you like our film? (Circle) Yes No? Yes
How old are you?  17
What age do you think our film is aimed at? 20-35
What do you like about our film? Nervous build up of tension at the start
What genre do you think our film is? Horror
Does our title suit the type of film? Why? Yes, the scene reflects exactly the title
Is there anything you think we should change? More footage
Do you think the camera is steady? And could you see our film clearly?  Yes, bit too dark in places
Did you follow the plot of our film? Do you think it is realistic? Yes
Did you like our use of music? Does it suit the film? Why? Yes especially the heartbeat was used to good  effect
Did you like our use of cinematography?  Yes, very consistent
Did you think our location went with our film? Yes, the dark empty warehouse made it realistic, what location you would expect in this type of film
Did you think the costumes were appropriate? Maybe less formal

Example 2:


Do you like our film? (Circle) Yes No? Yes
How old are you?  45
What age do you think our film is aimed at?  15-25
What do you like about our film? Cliffhanger at the end, whether she'll be killed or not
What genre do you think our film is? Gangster/Horror/Action
Does our title suit the type of film? Why? Yes, exactly what the scene is
Is there anything you think we should change? Maybe  a change of scene, little bits from outside the warehouse
Do you think the camera is steady? And could you see our film clearly?  Is jaggidy in parts but used to good effect gives it realism, build of tension/hands shaking
Did you follow the plot of our film? Do you think it is realistic? Yes definately
Did you like our use of music? Does it suit the film? Why?  Yes, matched well with what was on camera
Did you like our use of cinematography?  More shots/editing
Did you think our location went with our film? Even more abandoned location (Shack, forest etc.)
Did you think the costumes were appropriate? Yes, realistic to usual costumes of this genre

Example 3:


Do you like our film? (Circle) Yes No? Yes
How old are you?  16
What age do you think our film is aimed at? 35-50
What do you like about our film? Location
What genre do you think our film is? Crime/Horror
Does our title suit the type of film? Why?  Yes, stands out, obvious, clear
Is there anything you think we should change? Music, not tense enough
Do you think the camera is steady? And could you see our film clearly?  Could be steadier, and yes
Did you follow the plot of our film? Do you think it is realistic? Yes, connection between the 3 and especially 2 hostages could have been shown more clearly
Did you like our use of music? Does it suit the film? Why?  No, needs to be faster paced, or build up speed to match more with the film
Did you like our use of cinematography?  Yes
Did you think our location went with our film? Yes, dark and mysterious
Did you think the costumes were appropriate? Yes, gave impression of rich people, kidnapped (over money maybe)



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